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package org.apache.log4j;


/**
   CategoryKey is heavily used internally to accelerate hash table searches.
   @author Ceki G&uuml;lc&uuml;
*/
class CategoryKey {
  String name;
  int hashCache;

  CategoryKey(String name) {
    this.name = name;
    hashCache = name.hashCode();
  }

  public final int hashCode() {
    return hashCache;
  }

  public final boolean equals(Object rArg) {
    if (this == rArg) {
      return true;
    }

    if ((rArg != null) && (CategoryKey.class == rArg.getClass())) {
      return name.equals(((CategoryKey) rArg).name);
    } else {
      return false;
    }
  }
}
